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Wing Commander GERARD BASIL NICHOLAS

Service Number: 88266
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 04 January 1943

Age 42 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HELIOPOLIS WAR CEMETERY

3. H. 13.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross, Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Basil Arthur and Louise Nicholas; husband of Laetitia Jean Nicholas, of Kikuyu, Kenya. Also served in the 1914-1918 war.
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Buried or commemorated at

HELIOPOLIS WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 1830
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